52 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



the Gilbert-River, it occurrino- preferentialh' on sandstone-tablelands. 

 R. Brown discovered it 1802 on the Gulf of Carpentaria; J. 

 Macdonald Stuart obtained it near Mount Hall and several collectors 

 brought it from the Glenelg-River. Bracts numerous, lanceolar or 

 linear, half an inch or less long, hairy. Calyces to 2 inches long, 

 also inside star-hairy; the basal scales quite tomentose. Stamina! 

 column star-hairy, downwar.! gradually turgid. Anthers not rarely 

 extended along the upper third of the column, although sometimes 

 also crowded into a globular mass. Fruitlets outside densely 

 tomentose, more particularly so in a young state. 



Br achy chiton Bidwillii extends to Cleveland-Bay (Fitzalan), the 

 Comet-River (Miss Lamont) and the Bremer-River. Upper lobe 

 of the leaves somewhat sinuated. Calyces occasionally quite as wide 

 as those of B. paradoanim. Staminal column slender, above the 

 base as well as the basal scales almost glabrous. Fruitlets outside 

 tliinly starry-tomentose. 



Brachychiton discolor attains a height of 80 feet. Bark smooth. 

 It extends southward to the Manning-River. 



Brachychiton diversifolium I observed on the Victoria-River and 

 in its vicinity. Mr. Schultz and Mr Holtze found it near Port 

 Darwin, Mr. Armit on the Etheridge-River. 



Brachychiton populneum ranges to the Macquarie-River (Dr. 

 Lauterer) the Warrego and Ovens-River. Trees with stems over 

 eleven feet in circumference at four feet from the ground were 

 noticed by Mr. Rudder. 



Brachychiton Gregorii is now known from Hampton-Plains (Hon. 

 J. Forest), from Fraser's Range (Dempster), from Mount Everard 

 (Giles) and from the Finke-River (Rev. H. Kempe.) The 

 autochthones on the last mentioned River use the roots for food 

 and the wood for shields. 



Brachychiton Delabechei extends to tlie Warrego and Paroo 

 (Mrs. F. Spencer), to Nercool-Creek (Bowman) and towards 

 Edgecombe-Bay (Fitzalen.) Seeds 2-5. 



Brachychiton accrifolinm reaches southward to Shoalhaven 



(Baeuorlon.) 



NOTE. 



FIRST EGG OF THE SEASOK 



On the 24:t]i July, Mr. A. J. Campbell took a Lyre-Bird's egg from 

 a nest in one of the dark recesses of the Dandenong Ranges. A 

 significant answer to a query that appeared in The Australian lately, 

 ^'whether any bird incubates in this country during the winter 

 months?" 



